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states is what is the legal framework that we use and while the united states is consumed in the debate which i think is very important and very valid, the drones have become unpopular. everyone can have their drones. a lot of armies and groups around the world of the above individuals around the world now, you know, they are very inexpensive, so that again is an example of how the military technology is becoming far more not only to the military's and to the state sanctions but also to the insurgents and combatants >> host: they are constrained as you said by the rules, the rules of the war that there are all of these players emerging who don't sort of respect or care about the rules of the war. >> guest: you not only have the signature early in the types of weapons but you also have a signatory in terms of the legal frameworks by which you abide to conduct the war. >> host: if you're the incoming secretary of defense would do you think then you would be looking at for how to make a big institution like the u.s. military adapt to all these changes that we are seeing? >> guest: what is
states is what is the legal framework that we use and while the united states is consumed in the debate which i think is very important and very valid, the drones have become unpopular. everyone can have their drones. a lot of armies and groups around the world of the above individuals around the world now, you know, they are very inexpensive, so that again is an example of how the military technology is becoming far more not only to the military's and to the state sanctions but also to the...
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of course, the united states doesn't have a magic one. everybody knows that on an intellectual level but there is still this expectation. expectation. it's a fine line got to walk as an american leader between saying we don't have all the answers, but we are still the superpower. so it's this how to project power but at the same time not raise people's expectations too much. i think the very difficult line to walk. >> host: legacy time. what will hillary clinton's legacy, what will history look back and say, of hillary clinton time as secretary of state? you are her fans and art critics and our people in between. let me just to you a little bit what i heard. we heard her critics say what has she a cheap? nothing with north korea, nothing with a rant. the relations with pakistan is perhaps better but it's still a mess. what has she achieve. that's a very valid point. that aren't necessarily piece of paper she can hold up and say this is a she signed with this country. you have her fans, or the people who like her approach to diplomacy, who
of course, the united states doesn't have a magic one. everybody knows that on an intellectual level but there is still this expectation. expectation. it's a fine line got to walk as an american leader between saying we don't have all the answers, but we are still the superpower. so it's this how to project power but at the same time not raise people's expectations too much. i think the very difficult line to walk. >> host: legacy time. what will hillary clinton's legacy, what will...
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beirut has a heavy history when it comes to its relationship with the united states with the united states; to some details about that. an american ambassador and cia chief was killed. the. the embassy was bombed. the marine derricks were bombed in 1983 so there are many reasons why the u.s. feels they are very wary about its security and the security of its diplomats in the country. so we were under instructions not to say anything to anyone about our arrival because we didn't want to compromise the secretary security and our own because we were traveling with her in the motorcade. i wasn't able to tell anyone that i was coming but the minute i landed i called my family. my sister was there and i called her and they then could only spend four hours in beirut for that trip. i stayed behind and then everybody comes up to me and i have lunch and breakfast and dinner with friends and it's a very social environment in beirut. everybody is asking me, what are the americans doing about this and what are the americans doing about that? what does it mean? what is she going to do? those are the que
beirut has a heavy history when it comes to its relationship with the united states with the united states; to some details about that. an american ambassador and cia chief was killed. the. the embassy was bombed. the marine derricks were bombed in 1983 so there are many reasons why the u.s. feels they are very wary about its security and the security of its diplomats in the country. so we were under instructions not to say anything to anyone about our arrival because we didn't want to...
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united states has ever had. i think history will tell. and you always have to wonder whether the celebrity factor that surrounds her when she walk into the room contributes to that perception. but i think that there's definitely something there worth examining. >> host: yeah. i mean, i guess the president himself has claimed that she's going to go down in history as one of the greatest secretary of states. as you mention, i think it's a hard thing maybe to make a case for without necessarily any signature agreement, and you mention in the book she kind of chose not to make a signature issue out of any one problem around the world. >> guest: except for women. >> host: women, yeah. >> guest: women is one of the issues that she did take on and very much made part of the mainstream conversation. with every single world leader that she met, she discussed women's issues. and she put it in very pragmatic terms. you want to improve your
united states has ever had. i think history will tell. and you always have to wonder whether the celebrity factor that surrounds her when she walk into the room contributes to that perception. but i think that there's definitely something there worth examining. >> host: yeah. i mean, i guess the president himself has claimed that she's going to go down in history as one of the greatest secretary of states. as you mention, i think it's a hard thing maybe to make a case for without...
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the united states leads the charge. the arabs don't participate mill tear he and then criticize the u.s. for getting into a war in another muslim country. so it was about making sure the perception of what was happening was accurate. do you want to call it leading from indy it's certainly not leading from the front but i'm not sure it's the right characterization. it's a more collaborative approach and bringing people on board. >> host: do you think the united states would have gone into libya had france and the arab league not been pushing for and it promising -- >> guest: possibly not. possibly not. the french were absolutely adamant they wanted to go ahead with this. and i think that was part of the -- one of the factors that shaped the conversation when people were debating this within the administration. clinton tells the president, look, the french are going ahead with this, with us or without us, and we may as well get in there and shape this to look like something we can work with. there's no point having just a
the united states leads the charge. the arabs don't participate mill tear he and then criticize the u.s. for getting into a war in another muslim country. so it was about making sure the perception of what was happening was accurate. do you want to call it leading from indy it's certainly not leading from the front but i'm not sure it's the right characterization. it's a more collaborative approach and bringing people on board. >> host: do you think the united states would have gone into...
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states military in those places and coalition forces and the united states has had to spend billions of dollars in trying to see how to limit the damage created by these improvised devices. we still -- some progress has been made that we are not there. another example is the drone. our conversation in the united states is what are the rules and the framework for the use of drones? while the united states is consumed with that debate which i think is very important and very valid drones are becoming becoming -- everyone can have a drones. a lot of armies and a lot of groups around the world now, drones are now very inexpensive. that again is an example of how technology is becoming far more available around the world, not only the state sanctioned groups but also terrorists, insurgents and other kinds of combatants. >> host: and one of those constraints for something like the u.s. military is that there are constrained as you said i rules, that there are now all these players emerging who don't sort of respect or care about the rules of war. >> guest: that is part of a symmetry. you n
states military in those places and coalition forces and the united states has had to spend billions of dollars in trying to see how to limit the damage created by these improvised devices. we still -- some progress has been made that we are not there. another example is the drone. our conversation in the united states is what are the rules and the framework for the use of drones? while the united states is consumed with that debate which i think is very important and very valid drones are...
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the pope and head of the pentagon, the president of china or russia or the united states are very powerful people but they can do less. they are more constrained in what they can do. and, therefore, i started looking at that. it also coincided with a period -- i have been editor of "foreign policy" magazine as you said for 14 years, and so i was trying to distill what did i learn in those 14 years, what are the trends that came into my mind as i was trying to summarize that experience. >> host: so i don't doubt for a moment and why don't you tell me a bit more about how you define power. i think the definition the layout in the book is central to your thesis and how it's declining and different from how we talk about power conversationally today. >> guest: right. and as you know, power has been discussed since signing memorial. has many definitions, and they can get complex. they can develop that idea and it has become very complex. for the book, for the conversation, it's enough to say that power is the ability of one actor to make others do or stop doing something. and influencing, power
the pope and head of the pentagon, the president of china or russia or the united states are very powerful people but they can do less. they are more constrained in what they can do. and, therefore, i started looking at that. it also coincided with a period -- i have been editor of "foreign policy" magazine as you said for 14 years, and so i was trying to distill what did i learn in those 14 years, what are the trends that came into my mind as i was trying to summarize that...
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right now there is only one member of the united states congress under the age of 30. and i think that is a pretty shocking statistic especially since we just swore in the 113th congress and a celebrated how all the diversity of the numbers of women and the numbers of minorities and different orientations and all that incredible history at the same time were looking at the oldest congress in history. one of the oldest that we have seen. aron shock, the congressman from illinois said if you have all of the members of congress under 40 together in a room and lock the door that they would solve all the problems and they could get everything done. i think it's a little bit of an overstatement but there is definitely something to be said for the perspectives of people in government getting people who are going into social and entrepreneurship, people who are saying why but i run for congress when i can go build a school in africa and see the impact in one year why would i get involved in that process and if you think about why people used to going to public service to think
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there's one in england i think hoped to see come to true mission the united states. but the idea died with him. i think we should all be considering those types of institutional approaches to help put the spotlight and create incentives for effectiveness as well. >> host: when you mention the history, you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred, especially, 195 -- 1954 there were changes in the tax codes and the ability to create nonprofits game like a spaghetti factory, and before it was much more difficult to do. and actually some of the research i did on this, prior to that change, basically a judge in a particular state would have their own subjective measures and bases upon which they would decide whether or not a charity could come into fruition. now it's an administrative procedure so that began the flood gates, followed by the great society, and you had the beginning of a train that you describe in the book as now going faster than the for-profit sector for the past decade or two, and even in the midst of the great recession, in
there's one in england i think hoped to see come to true mission the united states. but the idea died with him. i think we should all be considering those types of institutional approaches to help put the spotlight and create incentives for effectiveness as well. >> host: when you mention the history, you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred, especially, 195 -- 1954 there were changes in the tax codes and the ability to create nonprofits game like a...
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in the kind of numbers they should right now there's only one member of the united states congress who is under the age of 30. and i think that's a pretty shocking statistic, especially since we just swore in the 138th congress and celebrated how all the diversity and the numbers of women and the numbers of minorities and different sexual orientations. all that incredible history, at the same time we're looking at the oldest congress in history. one of the oldest congresses we've ever seen. aaron shock, the congressman from illinois said the other day that if you got all the members of congress under 40 together in a room, and locked the door, that they would solve all the problems and could get everything done. i think that's a little overstatement but i think there's something to be said for the perspective of young people in government, getting people who are going into social entrepreneurship, people who are saying, why would i run for congress when i could go build a school in africa for -- and see my impact in one year? why whoa i get involved in that process? if you think about
in the kind of numbers they should right now there's only one member of the united states congress who is under the age of 30. and i think that's a pretty shocking statistic, especially since we just swore in the 138th congress and celebrated how all the diversity and the numbers of women and the numbers of minorities and different sexual orientations. all that incredible history, at the same time we're looking at the oldest congress in history. one of the oldest congresses we've ever seen....
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what are your feelings about the institution of the federal government and the united states? are you as optimistic about the ability of our government to continue to be a beacon for democracy and inspire our citizenry and the same way to corporate america can race dory fluster? >> guest: you know, the answer to that is complicated, but the short answer is yes because i'm in a mess. a lot of things going on in government these days seems to be my party said. it seems that common sense has gone out the note. it seems like there's not much agreement. this seems like no willing to compromise. but i hope what goes around comes around and i hope some of the uncertainty goes away with time. i'd have to say yes i'm optimistic. surely there are some leaders they are that understand the american people and can make that happen. >> host: it's interesting the number of people you mention in the book that you doubtless who came from the world of business. people like steve bratt, ron bloom, a number of these individuals like you worked in business for a number of years and for whatever re
what are your feelings about the institution of the federal government and the united states? are you as optimistic about the ability of our government to continue to be a beacon for democracy and inspire our citizenry and the same way to corporate america can race dory fluster? >> guest: you know, the answer to that is complicated, but the short answer is yes because i'm in a mess. a lot of things going on in government these days seems to be my party said. it seems that common sense has...
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if you want to know american history, you need "patriot's history of the united states." >> host: and the books, 20-plus that larry schweikart has authored, co-authored, we want to show you quickly eight of them. "america's victory, why the u.s. wins wars." "48 liberal lies about american lust ri." "what would the founders say: a patriot's answer to america's most pressing problems," 2011. "the patriot's history reader: essential documents for every reader," 2011. and finally the most recent, the first half of "a patriot's history of the modern world up through 1945." in december of 20 13, the other half will be coming out of that book. the web site is patriot's history usa.com, the author,
if you want to know american history, you need "patriot's history of the united states." >> host: and the books, 20-plus that larry schweikart has authored, co-authored, we want to show you quickly eight of them. "america's victory, why the u.s. wins wars." "48 liberal lies about american lust ri." "what would the founders say: a patriot's answer to america's most pressing problems," 2011. "the patriot's history reader: essential documents for...